Spoiler alert: The following contains details from Season 3, Episodes 1 & 2, but specifically Episode 3 of "Tell Me Lies." Beware if you haven't seen it and don't want to know.

Lucy's story in the new season of "Tell Me Lies" is about to get darker and more twisted than ever before.

After Stephen (Jackson White) and Lucy (Grace Van Patten) get back together and then break up again in Season 3 (streaming on Hulu Tuesdays at 9 p.m. PT/12 a.m. ET), Lucy begins to unravel.

"I realized how much she may not like herself, which was a very sad realization," Van Patten tells USA TODAY about her character's journey. "For the first two seasons, she's been very dignified in what her actions are, and she's stubborn, and this season is the first time you see that shell disintegrate."

Now, enter Alex (Costa D'Angelo), a brooding and charming drug dealer and college student studying psychology, who knows Bree (Cat Missal) from their time in the foster care system. D'Angelo was cast as a series regular in May, and his character is already taking the Internet by storm after Hulu released a surprise third episode during the Tuesday season premiere.